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A vascular access is considered a kidney failure patient's lifeline if he/ she is on dialysis. Hemodialysis is a dialysis treatment procedure that uses a machine called the dialyzer to perform the normal functions of the failed kidneys, i.e. to remove waste products and excess fluids from the blood.
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What is the process of artificially filtering waste products from the blood?
Hemodialysis
What is the medical term meaning process of separating blood?
Hemodialysis, translated literally, is the process of separating blood.
The process of artificially filtering waste products from the patients blood is known as?
hemodialysis
What is the process called where urea and other waste materials are removed from the blood during kidney dialysis?
This process is called hemodialysis.
What is the term for the process that routes the blood including waste products outside the body through filters?
Hemodialysis
When comparing hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis it can be said that?
When comparing hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, it can be said that
What replaces kidney function by filtering waste products directly from the patients blood?
Hemodialysis
What are the difference between peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis?
hemodialysis takes longer than peritoneal dialysis
What is the suffix for hemodialysis?
-lysis
What is the process of artificially filtering waste products from the patients blood?
Patients with kidney disorders need to be treated with dialysis. Devices that perform dialysis are simply called dialysis machines (dialyzers). For more information on dialysis follow the links below.
What is artificial kidney machine?
Hemodialysis
When are grats used for hemodialysis?
Grafts are often the access of choice when a hemodialysis patient has small veins that will not likely develop properly into a fistula.
